![]() There would be no way to tell if any given number was above or below 10. On top of that, I realized he d20 was an old-school model with two sets of numbers that went from 1-0 with no teen numbers. I opened up the plastic box holding the die and – sure enough – each of them had a rough edge or some other type of flaw that would need to be sanded or filed down. However, a gentleman on Twitter – and who I met at the show a day earlier – commented that he ruined one of his GameScience dice when filing away an imperfection. Ruined my GS D6 using wrong kind of sandpaper. I was happy, I bought my first set of GameScience Dice and those would be “My First Gen Con” TheIdDM careful de-burring them if they have mold marks. I finally decided on a set of orange and black dice (the colors of my favorite hockey team). I shuffled over to their booth and got lost in the rows of pretty dice. I have learned though online osmosis about GameScience Dice and figured they would have a booth at Gen Con. My love/hate relationship with my dice has led me to engage in troubling behavior. The only other thing I wanted to buy at Gen Con was a set of dice. I did not plan to buy many things at Gen Con the cost of flying to Indianapolis and staying at a hotel were expensive enough. I went into the convention center with a mindset to avoid purchasing all the things I would – of course – want to buy. Read below for the details!Ĭontinue reading “Gen Con 2012: Meetings, Greetings & A Contest” Author The Id DM Posted on SeptemCategories Gen Con, Gratitude Tags Art, Contest, D&D, Dice, Dragon Chow Dice Bags, Dungeons & Dragons, Gaming, Iddy the Lich, RPG 9 Comments on Gen Con 2012: Meetings, Greetings & A Contest Gen Con 2012: The Great Dice-Buying Debacle Multiple winners will be mailed a The Id DM dice bag created by Dragon Chow Dice Bags. And if you enjoy the photo of the dice bag above, then this is your lucky day because I am going to run my first-ever contest through this site. I once again offer my gratitude for their time and willingness to respond to my questions. Mike Mearls of Wizards of the Coast and D&D Next.Jennifer Steen of Jennisodes and Project Ninja Panda Taco.Tracy Barnett of Sand & Steam and School Daze.Lyndsay Peters of Dragon Chow Dice Bags.But it was a pleasure to finally meet the following people in person after communicating with them online for interviews: There are still a few individuals I need to reach so I can mail them a bag not everyone was at Gen Con. The end result was fantastic, and I was excited to dispense the bags at the convention. As a way to thank the individuals who were kind enough to agree to an interview for my site, I had special The Id DM dice bags created by Dragon Chow Dice Bags. One of my primary goals at Gen Con was tracking down as many of the people I have gotten to know in some capacity over the last year or two through my blog. It forced me to really think about the question, “What am I trying to accomplish with the blog?”Ĭontinue reading “Gen Con 2012: What Now?” but it also resulted in a personal swim through existential waters. Spending a few days at Gen Con rubbing shoulders with other prominent bloggers, writers and designers in the D&D and RPG community was fantastic. While it’s a question I considered often during the life of the blog, I did not have a very good answer for him in the moment. He asked me an interesting question during dinner one night at Gen Con: Perhaps the best place to ignite this self-disclosure fire is a conversation I had with my Unofficial Blogging Mentor, Mike Shea. There will not be any specific tidbits or suggestions for running a RPG campaign (those will return next week), although I believe some of the things discussed below (e.g., shifting priorities, work/life balance) may resonant with others in similar situations. It is the culmination of a number of major events in my life and many weeks of thought. What follows is likely the most personal entry in the history of my blog. ~ Bob Dylan – The Times They Are a-Changin’ ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |